# 호

| 호 | U+D638, &#54840; HANGUL SYLLABLE HO |
| Composition: | ㅎ + ㅗ |
| ← 혷 [U+D637] | Hangul Syllables | 혹 → [U+D639] |
호혹혺혻혼혽혾 혿홀홁홂홃홄홅 홆홇홈홉홊홋홌 홍홎홏홐홑홒홓 :
| 혜 ← | → 화 |

## Korean
### Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 號.

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ɸʷo̞(ː)]
* Phonetic hangul: [호(ː)]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

#### Dependent noun

호 • (ho) (hanja 號)
* number, issue, edition (of a model, publication, version, etc.)
    제 3호 ― je samho ― The third issue
    4월 호 ― sawol ho ― The April issue
* apartment/unit number
    몇 호에서 살아요? ― myeot hoeseo sarayo? ― Which apartment do you live in?

#### Noun

호 • (ho) (hanja 號)
* art name
    호는 도산(島山). ― Honeun Dosan. ― [His (Ahn Changho)] art name was Dosan.

#### Suffix

—호 • (-ho) (hanja 號)
* A suffix attached to the names of trains, planes, etc.
    무궁화호 (無窮花號) ― The Mugunghwa-ho class [train]

#### Derived terms

* See the hanja entry at 號 for Sino-Korean compounds of 호 (號, ho).

### Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 弧.

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ɸʷo̞]
* Phonetic hangul: [호]

#### Noun

호 • (ho) (hanja 弧)
* (geometry) arc
    Synonym: 원호(圓弧) (wonho)

##### Derived terms

* See the hanja entry at 弧 for Sino-Korean compounds of 호 (弧, ho).

### Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 戶.

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ɸʷo̞(ː)]
* Phonetic hangul: [호(ː)]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

#### Noun

호 • (ho) (hanja 戶)
* household

#### Counter

호 • (ho) (hanja 戶)
* Counter for houses

#### Derived terms

* See the hanja entry at 戶 for Sino-Korean compounds of 호 (戶, ho).

### Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 湖.

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ɸʷo̞]
* Phonetic hangul: [호]

#### Noun

호 • (ho) (hanja 湖)
* Short for 호수(湖水) (hosu, “lake”). (used suffixally attaching to names of lakes)
    바이칼호 (바이칼湖) ― Baikalho ― Lake Baikal

##### Derived terms

* See the hanja entry at 湖 for Sino-Korean compounds of 호 (湖, ho).

### Etymology 5

Sino-Korean word from 濠.

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ɸʷo̞]
* Phonetic hangul: [호]

#### Noun

호 • (ho) (hanja 濠)
* a moat (filled with water)
    Synonym: 해자(垓子) (haeja)

##### Derived terms

* See the hanja entry at 濠 for Sino-Korean compounds of 호 (濠, ho).

### Etymology 6

Sino-Korean word from 壕.

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ɸʷo̞]
* Phonetic hangul: [호]

#### Noun

호 • (ho) (hanja 壕)
* a trench (around a castle)

##### Derived terms

* See the hanja entry at 壕 for Sino-Korean compounds of 호 (壕, ho).

### Etymology 7

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

#### Syllable

호 • (ho)
* 戶: house; hole
    (eumhun reading: 지게문 호 (jigemun ho)) (MC reading: 戶 (MC huX))
* 乎:
    (MC reading: 乎 (MC hu))
* 呼: to call, to shout; to exhale
    (eumhun reading: 부를 호 (bureul ho)) (MC reading: 呼 (MC xu))
* 好:
    (MC reading: 好 (MC xawX|xawH))
* 虎: tiger
    (eumhun reading: 범 호 (beom ho)) (MC reading: 虎 (MC xuX))
* 號: name, alias; order, command; number; mark
    (eumhun reading: 이름 호 (ireum ho)) (MC reading: 號 (MC haw|hawH))
* 湖: lake
    (eumhun reading: 호수 호 (hosu ho)) (MC reading: 湖 (MC hu))
* 互:
    (MC reading: 互 (MC huH))
* 胡:
    (MC reading: 胡 (MC hu))
* 浩:
    (MC reading: 浩 (MC hawX))
* 毫:
    (MC reading: 毫 (MC haw))
* 豪:
    (MC reading: 豪 (MC haw))
* 護:
    (MC reading: 護 (MC huH))
* 昊:
    (MC reading: 昊 (MC hawX))
* 濠:
    (MC reading: 濠 (MC haw))
* 琥:
    (MC reading: 琥 (MC xuX))
* 瑚: coral
    (eumhun reading: 산호 호 (sanho ho)) (MC reading: 瑚 (MC hu))
* 扈:
    (MC reading: 扈 (MC huX))
* 鎬:
    (MC reading: 鎬 (MC hawX))
* 壕:
    (MC reading: 壕 (MC haw))
* 壺:
    (MC reading: 壺 (MC hu))
* 弧:
    (MC reading: 弧 (MC hu))
* 狐: fox
    (eumhun reading: 여우 호 (yeou ho)) (MC reading: 狐 (MC hu))
* 瓠:
    (MC reading: 瓠 (MC hu|huH))
* 糊:
    (MC reading: 糊 (MC hu))
* 葫:
    (MC reading: 葫 (MC hu|xu))